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Researchers have found long-term evidence that actively monitoring localized prostate cancer is a safe alternative to immediate surgery or radiation. The results, released Saturday, are encouraging for men who want to avoid treatment-related sexual and incontinence problems, said Dr. Stacy Loeb, a prostate cancer specialist at NYU Langone Health who was not involved in the […]

GENEVA — Sodium is essential for the smooth functioning of muscles and nerves and maintaining the proper balance of water and minerals. But too much sodium in the diet can kill. “Almost 2 million deaths each year are associated with excessive sodium intake,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization. “Too much sodium […]

Lizzo has called out “complicit silence” over social issues such as racism and transphobia. On Wednesday, the Juice hitmaker – a vocal advocate of inclusivity and diversity – took to Twitter to start a conversation about the intersection of the topics in society at present. “Transphobia is lookin real rooted in racism right about now…,” […]

UNITED NATIONS — At United Nations meetings Wednesday to mark International Women’s Day, there was much talk but no discernible action on advancing and protecting women’s rights. A meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Afghanistan offered verbal support to Afghan women, who are among the most oppressed in the world under Taliban rule. But no […]

TORONTO — Canada announced Monday it is banning TikTok from all government-issued mobile devices, reflecting widening worries from Western officials over the Chinese-owned video sharing app. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it might be a first step to further action. “I suspect that as government takes the significant step of telling all federal employees that they […]

Air Supply was a major mainstay of pop-radio stations in the early ’80s. It was nearly impossible to go a single day and not hear one of their tunes bleeding out of a speaker somewhere in the United States. While Air Supply has been making hits since the ’70s in Australia, they initially broke in […]

Billie Eilish is freaked out by how gullible people can be when they are on the Internet. During an appearance on the Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend podcast with her brother Finneas, the Bad Guy singer admitted that she used to spend a lot of time on the Internet and on social media until she […]

The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp have responded to claims suggesting production on their TV series The Idol has been plagued by problems. On Wednesday, editors at Rolling Stone published a report in which 13 sources connected to the HBO drama series alleged the production was messy and chaotic, with spiralling budgets and shooting schedules. Production […]

Eli Lilly will cut prices for some older insulins later this year and immediately give more patients access to a cap on the costs they pay to fill prescriptions. The moves announced Wednesday promise critical relief to some people with diabetes who can face thousands of dollars in annual costs for insulin they need in […]

WASHINGTON — NASA’s DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos at a spot between two boulders during last September’s first test of a planetary defense system, sending debris hurtling into space and changing the rocky, oblong-shaped object’s path a bit more than previously calculated. Those were among the findings released by scientists on Wednesday in the […]